PHOTO: Buffalo soldier Geordan Newbill talks to children at Umojafest on Saturday, Aug. 2. Umojafest is a three-day celebration held in conjunction with Seafair and includes a parade, the Heal the Hood Basketball tournament, three stages of live music, a marketplace and community resource fair. Susan Fried photo

Washington Conservation Corps Job Openings

The Washington Conservation Corps, a part of the Washington Department of Ecology, has opened 288 jobs that help protect and restore the environment.

Working in partnership with AmeriCorps, the WCC provides annual member positions for 18 – 25 years old and no age restrictions for Gulf War Era II veterans, reservists and dependents.

Project work includes restoration planting, invasive species removal, trail building, and more. The most recent project supported by members is the Carlton Complex wildfire, the largest and most devastating wildfire in Washington’s history.

From re-building boardwalks and trails, to disaster response for wildfires and landslides, the positions provide paid, career-transferable training and leadership opportunities.

In addition to paid career training, members receive an AmeriCorps Education Award of $5,645 (scholarship) upon successful completion of one year of service (1,700 hours). Basic medical benefits are provided and educational loan forbearance is available. Apply Online at www.ecy.wa.gov/wcc and read a recent WCC success story at ECOconnect blog.

Learn About Alzheimer’s

The Alzheimer’s Association holds a Town Hall on Aug. 8 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Tukwila Community Center, to highlight—and solicit feedback on—public policy priorities, including the National Alzheimer’s Plan, an Alzheimer’s Disease Plan for Washington State, and Voices for Better Health in Washington State, a new initiative to improve health care for “dual eligibles”, older and disabled Washingtonians who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid.

Tickets are $7 for youth and seniors, and $12 for adults and can be purchased online at Brown Paper Tickets or by calling the LHPAI box office at 206-684-4758.

Vintage Computer Faire

The Vintage Computer Faire (pictured left) is chock-full of fun for all as it makes its debut in Seattle at the Living Computer Museum, on Aug. 9, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at 2245 1st Ave S.

Free of charge, it features hands-on activities, music, fun for kids, and video games and programming through the years. Also featured are a scavenger hunt for Seahawks tickets; D20 brass band performing nerd funk hits; video games – past and present; and hands-on Atari 400, Atari BASIC, Commodore PET, Commodore 128, Cromemco Z-2, SOL-20, TRS-80, and VIC-20.Also the GameTruck – featuring popular games like Minecraft, Mario Bros, Fifa Soccer, Halo 4, Call of Duty Ghosts, Madden 25, and Left 4 Dead – will be open.

King County Metro staff will be in Kent Monday, Aug. 11 to discuss upcoming transit cuts. The workshop is from 10 – 11 a.m. the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St.

Slated to begin Sept.27, the King County Council approved the first 161,000 hours of Metro transit reductions which includes Routes 152, 161, 173 which serve Kent park-and-ride lots along Interstate 5.

According to Kent’s Senior Transportation Planner Monica Whitman, another 188,000 service hours are to be cut in February barring an upward trend in the county's economic forecast and review by an ad hoc committee.

The program is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Parking is available in the Central Library garage for $5 after 5 p.m. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.

In the post-apocalyptic world of "California," Cal and Frida have left behind a decaying Los Angeles to try to live off the land. But when Frida discovers she’s pregnant, the need to connect with other survivors becomes more imperative.

"California" was recently featured on The Colbert Report as part of Colbert's reporting on the Amazon/Hachette dispute. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

For more information, call the Central Library at 206-386-4636 or Ask a Librarian.

Seattle African American HistoryMakers

The HistoryMakers, the nation’s largest African American video oral history archive (www.thehistorymakers.com), is proud to announce that effective immediately the Library of Congress will serve as its permanent repository. The unique collection captures thousands of hours of interviews on African American life, history and culture, as well as the struggles and achievements of the black experience.